Sydney's Mardi Gras 2024 gets ready with glamour and glitz

Sydney is gearing up for this year's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Nestled in the heart of the city, the festival workshop is busy with people working on floats and costumes for the highlight of the festival. But there have been a few hiccups along the road to year's celebration.

Liz Carter in the Mardi Gras workshop (AP) Credit: AP

This year, more than one hundred dance, music and theatre events have been taking place all over the city, celebrating the LGBTIQ+ community.

But it’s the end of the festival that is the highlight everyone is waiting for: Saturday's parade on Oxford Street in the CBD.

There's still controversy surrounding this year's event, though.

Charlie Murphy, from the group Pride in Protest, has criticised how police worked on the murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, and said an apology from NSW Police Commissioner over the handling of LGBTIQ+ hate crimes between 1970 and 2010 rings hollow.

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